Candidate Brett Buckner, Who Will Win Fifth Ward City Council Election When Swine Take Flight, Made Vaguely Threatening Statement About Settling Scores "Northside Style"

Facebook photo, used under First Amendment Fair Comment
and Criticsm, blog post by John Hoff

Two Serious Candidates, Brett Buckner, And A Green Kale Garnish

Skip to the next boldface header if you don't want to read an arcane analysis of the downside of Individually Ranked Voting, and you just want to know about Brett Buckner's vaguely threatening statement at Shiloh Baptist Church.

WELL HERE WE ARE, ONCE AGAIN, in the bizarre world of "ala carte" Minneapolis elections, where you get a first, second and third choice. And here is the mutant Godzilla creature which comes from experimenting with a time honored principal of one person, one vote...

Ricky Allen Green, Charged In Terrifying Kidnapping Over Unpaid Drug Debt, Gets Conditional Release From Jail...

Creative stock photo, Afghanistan, blog post
by John Hoff

An anonymous commenter to this blog dropped a little nugget of info and it's been confirmed: Ricky Allen Green, who was charged in a terrifying kidnapping over an unpaid drug debt, has been released from jail.

Here is the info right off the roster...

Fifth Ward Candidate Blong Yang Denies Jerry Moore Is Working For His Campaign And Says Anybody Who Says That Is A Liar...Blong Yang Blogspot Profile Is, However, Unconfirmed...(UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE: Email received from Blong Yang And Info Is Now Confirmed)

Creative stock photo, Blong post (heh heh) by
John Hoff


Posting from a Google profile with the name "Blong Yang," but unconfirmed (ADDENDUM, INFO IS NOW CONFIRMED) to be connected with Fifth Ward Candidate Blong Yang, I have received the following missive:

Johnny Northside, you're a hard person to get a hold of, so here's my response: Your sources are absolutely WRONG on the Jerry Moore connection. I guess they're not very credible. I mean, if you want dirt from my campaign, just come and ask me. Spreading lies and rumors seems to be a common thing, at least from that one campaign. I can guess which one. I don't know Jerry Moore. And, I can flat out say that Jerry Moore has not and will not work for me. Hopefully that's clear.

To which JNS Blog replies: I am glad to hear that, if it's true and if the message does indeed come from you, Mr. Yang. Send me an email. Do you know which campaign, if any, Jerry Moore is working for? Also, I would like your further thoughts on sex offender concentration.

I queried the original source of the "Jerry Moore appears to be working for Brett Buckner" rumor and was told Moore was spotted with a bunch of Brett Buckner workers and...

Is Jerry Moore Working For A Fifth Ward Political Campaign And If So Which One? JNS Blog Is Determined To Get To The Bottom Of This And Also Get That $3,799.69 Jerry Moore Owes Me...

Photo from Facebook page of political candidate Brett Buckner,
used under First Amendment Fair Comment And Criticism, blog
post by John Hoff

As I previously reported, click here, a rumor was passed to me from Source A (a known, credible person) to Source B (an even more well known and equally credible person) that Jerry Moore appeared to be working for Brett Buckner.

Now Source B and also "Source C" are telling me THAT IS NOT CORRECT. In fact, both sources suspect Jerry Moore is, in fact, working for the campaign of Blong Yang, whose domination in the Fifth Ward yard sign war is undisputed. And, in fact, Source B passed on scuttlebutt from one of the political campaigns in Ward 5. At least one Ward 5 campaign believes Jerry Moore is, in fact, associated with Blong Yang. I'm told Jerry and Brett Buckner "don't get along" so while Jerry may very well be spotted talking politely to Buckner, at length (Jerry is known to be incredibly long winded) that doesn't mean Jerry Moore is WORKING for Buckner.

SO WHAT IS GOING ON, HERE? This blogger has caught the rank odor of Jerry Moore in Ward 5 and that would be the same Jerry Moore who owes me $3,799.69!!!!!!!! from the blogosphere trial of the century.

Somebody, tell me something. Tell me if Jerry Moore is working for one of the campaigns and, if so, which one. If any campaigns wish to disavow association with Jerry Moore (which would be a very good idea) then, please, contact me or comment or something.

BY GOD!!!!!! I will get to the bottom of this. I will find Jerry Moore because when I do, I will find my money. 

Juicy Scuttlebutt Surfaces On JNS Blog Comments About Fifth Ward Candidate Brett Buckner And NAACP Funds, Al Flowers, Blah Blah Blah, As This Blogger Tries, Dutifully, To Act Somewhat Interested...

Photo of Brett Buckner, candidate for public office, obtained from
his Facebook page and published under First Amendment Fair Comment
and Criticism, blog post by John Hoff

Brett Buckner, in my opinion, doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the Fifth Ward City Council seat, but since he's a candidate he's fair game for talking about. A commenter--whose knowledge of Buckner is longer than my attention span directed toward Buckner--posted some links to articles mentioning Buckner's past.

Something about the local NAACP? This is the kind of thing which gets folks like Don Allen all worked up, and Al Flowers, and other folks who are involved in that organization but I confess this blogger doesn't really follow all the twists and turns. It is, however, my role to highlight and disseminate relevant info, so here you go...

Fifth Ward Candidate Brett Buckner Owed A $3,039.73 Judgment To Carefree Travel Services, Never Paid It, Owed $1,927.98 To Liberty Credit Services, Never Paid THAT, Either...

Image from Facebook page of Brett Buckner, used under

First Amendment Fair Comment and Criticism, blog post

by John Hoff

As soon as I caught the slightest rumor that ousted JACC Director Jerry Moore might be associated in some way, shape or form with City Council Candidate Brett Buckner, I started digging up what I could about Buckner. Quickly I found out that birds of a non-judgment paying feather seem to flock together...

Blong Yang Is Winning The Fifth Ward Yard Sign War, While This Blogger Has No Idea What A Brett Buckner Yard Sign LOOKS Like...

Photo, blog post by John Hoff

To those who live in the Fifth Ward, it's obvious that city council candidate Blong Yang has been winning the yard sign war quite handily. Yang's signs are EVERYWHERE. Even Level Three Sex Offender Peter "Spanky Pete" Rickmyer has a sign in his yard.

Do not mistake that last remark as a criticism of Blong Yang. To my way of thinking, anybody who can make Peter Rickmyer do something useful, like rake leaves, pick up litter, or post a yard sign near a busy intersection, is something of a miracle worker. Though I am mystified why the most notorious sex offender in North Minneapolis supports Blong Yang who, from what I have seen and heard, may be in a dead heat with Ian Alexander as the most anti-sex offender of all the candidates.

As for other candidates in the race, I think I've seen a few Ian Alexander signs, but I don't even know what a Brett Buckner sign looks like. Green Party candidate Kale Severson has been living up to his first name in this race: He's Green, and he's really more of a garnish than an entree. But I have a vague memory of maybe, possibly, seeing one of his signs so that puts Kale slightly ahead of Buckner in the all-important race for next-to-last and the avoidance of total humiliation at the polls ala Lennie Chism. 

If this race were decided upon nothing but yard sign placement, then it's Blong Yang by a landslide. If it were decided upon which candidate is most likely to support turning the proposed Bottineau Transit Line into a groovy vegan co-op, then it's Kale Severson. 

Court Judgment Scofflaw Jerry L. Moore Rumored To Be Working For Brett Buckner's Fifth Ward Campaign...

BUSTED! mugshots website photo used under First Amendment Fair
Comment And Criticism, blog post by John Hoff

Jerry Moore, the disgraced former Executive Director of Jordan Area Community Council (JACC) who sued this blogger for defamation, only to have a jury determine the alleged defamatory comment was, in fact, TRUE about him being involved in a mortgage fraud...

Is back. He is back and sticking his nose into Fifth Ward city council politics, even though Moore reportedly lives in Brooklyn Park or is it Brooklyn Center? I don't have the address with me at the moment, though it is on court paperwork mailed to Jerry a couple weeks ago ordering a disclosure of his income and assets.

Anyway, I am told by a reliable source, who passed on information from a second and known reliable source, the following...

Five In Ward Five? Candidates And Possible Candidates For The Council Seat Of Don Samuels, Plus Pressing City Issues...

Creative stock photo, blog post by John Hoff

With City Council Member Don Samuels running for mayor, the field of candidates for his seat in Ward Five is getting crowded.

Here are the individuals who I believe may be running...